{ Urgent Message } : High Wind Advisory } !

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

954 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

…STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH

THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT…

.A STRONG SPRING-LIKE STORM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL

PLAINS TO THE MIDWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE

STORM WILL INCREASE STARTING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN AND

NORTHERN AREAS OF THE MIDSOUTH…AND THEN BEGINNING THIS EVENING

ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE

THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

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CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WALNUT RIDGE…PARAGOULD…JONESBORO…

HARRISBURG…BLYTHEVILLE…WYNNE…WEST MEMPHIS…FORREST CITY…

HELENA…KENNETT…CARUTHERSVILLE…SOUTHAVEN…OLIVE BRANCH…

CORINTH…TUNICA…CLARKSDALE…BATESVILLE…OXFORD…

UNION CITY…MARTIN…DRESDEN…PARIS…DYERSBURG…HUMBOLDT…

MILAN…HUNTINGDON…COVINGTON…JACKSON…LEXINGTON…BARTLETT…

GERMANTOWN…COLLIERVILLE…MEMPHIS…MILLINGTON…SOMERVILLE…

BOLIVAR…SAVANNAH

954 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY…

* WINDS…SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH…

GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING…FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS…LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO BEING

BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGED. DRIVING CAN BECOME DIFFICULT…

ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST

ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE

EXPECTED…OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS

STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE

VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.